Vol. 512 No. 6
242 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of people who died from non-accidental poisoning in 1990, 1995 and 1998; the percentage of these which were male; and the major cause of these non-accidental poisonings. [26787/99]
243 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of people who died from accidental poisoning in 1990, 1995 and 1998; the percentage of these which were male; and the major cause of these accidental poisonings. [26788/99]
I propose to take Questions Nos. 242 and 243 together.
The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table.
Deaths due to Poisoning, 1990, 1995 and 1998
|
1990 |
1995 |
1998* |
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|
Cause of Death |
Total |
% Male |
Total |
% Male |
Total |
% Male |
|
|
Accidental Poisoning by Analgesics, Antipyretics, Antirheumatics |
2 |
100.0 |
31 |
80.6 |
60 |
83.3 |
|
|
Accidental Poisoning by Barbiturates |
0 |
– |
2 |
0.0 |
1 |
0.0 |
|
|
Accidental Poisoning by Other Sedatives and Hypnotics |
2 |
100.0 |
0 |
– |
2 |
50.0 |
|
|
Accidental Poisoning by Tranquilizers |
0 |
– |
23 |
56.5 |
14 |
78.6 |
|
|
Accidental Poisoning by Other Psychotropic Agents |
0 |
– |
9 |
77.8 |
3 |
66.7 |
|
|
Accidental Poisoning by Other Drugs Acting on Central and Autonomic Nervous Systems |
0 |
– |
1 |
100.0 |
4 |
50.0 |
|
|
Accidental Poisoning by Antibiotics |
0 |
— |
1 |
0.0 |
0 |
– |
|
|
Accidental Poisoning by Other Drugs |
2 |
100.0 |
4 |
75.0 |
12 |
75.0 |
|
|
Accidental Poisoning by Alcohol, Not Elsewhere Classified |
8 |
50.0 |
9 |
33.3 |
24 |
75.0 |
|
|
Accidental Poisoning by Petroleum Products, Other Solvents and their Vapors, Not Elsewhere Classified |
2 |
100.0 |
0 |
– |
1 |
100.0 |
|
|
Accidental Poisoning by Agricultural and Horticultural Chemical and Pharmaceutical Preparations Other than Plant Foods and Fertilizers |
1 |
100.0 |
2 |
100.0 |
0 |
– |
|
|
Accidental Poisoning by Corrosives and Caustics, Not Elsewhere Classified |
0 |
– |
1 |
100.0 |
0 |
– |
|
|
Accidental Poisoning from Foodstuffs and Poisonous Plants |
0 |
– |
2 |
50.0 |
0 |
– |
|
|
Accidental Poisoning by Other and Unspecified Solid and Liquid Substances |
1 |
100.0 |
0 |
– |
0 |
– |
|
|
Accidental Poisoning by Gas Distributed by Pipeline |
0 |
– |
1 |
100.0 |
1 |
0.0 |
|
|
Accidental Poisoning by Other Utility Gas and Other Carbon Monoxide |
4 |
50.0 |
5 |
100.0 |
4 |
50.0 |
|
|
Accidental Poisoning by Other Gases and Vapours |
0 |
– |
1 |
100.0 |
0 |
– |
|
|
Total – Accidental Poisoning |
22 |
72.7 |
92 |
68.5 |
126 |
76.2 |
|
|
Suicide and Selfinflicted Poisoning by Solid or Liquid Substances |
72 |
52.8 |
60 |
60.0 |
53 |
64.2 |
|
|
Suicide and Selfinflicted Poisoning by Gases in Domestic Use |
3 |
66.7 |
1 |
100.0 |
0 |
– |
|
|
Suicide and Selfinflicted Poisoning by Other Gases and Vapours |
21 |
90.5 |
30 |
93.3 |
30 |
93.3 |
|
|
Total – Non-Accidental Poisoning |
96 |
61.5 |
91 |
71.4 |
83 |
74.7 |
|
|
Poisoning by Solid or Liquid Substances Undetermined Whether Accidentally or Purposely Inflicted |
9 |
33.3 |
3 |
33.3 |
22 |
68.2 |
|
|
Total – All Poisoning |
127 |
61.4 |
186 |
69.4 |
231 |
74.9 |
